Your Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wedding - April/May 2021 (Issue 88)

Two of our friends made a colourful balloon arch to welcome us to our wedding breakfast. We displayed bunches of balloons around the reception room too. We hired a DJ to entertain everyone during the evening and also left card games on the tables for those who didn’t want to dance. We wrapped the same ribbon that decorated the chairs around a selection of three different-sized metal hoops along with fairylights and then suspended our table plan from them. My mum also made our cake, along with my cousin, Helen, who is a cake designer. It featured four layers that were all different flavours, and we both chose our two favourites. Christian decided on carrot and lemon cake and I chose red velvet and a vanilla tier that was the one we cut because of the bright colours. I got involved and made the sugar flowers to decorate it with! We had silver and white balloons in archway along with a few balloon trees. The venue didn’t need to much as it was beautiful already. We decided on spring flowers to add pops of colour. Our centrepieces were large teacup planters in which we planted bulbs that grew into wonderful blooms in time for our wedding. THE DREAM TEAM Photography | Yellow Door Wedding Photography | 01296 641 641 | www.yellowdoorphotography.co.uk | Church ceremony venue The Salvation Army Staines | 01784 423 424 | www.salvationarmy.org.uk/staines | R eception venue | Pinewood | 01753 896 400 www.pinewoodhotel.co.uk | Catering | Pinewood | 01753 896 400 | www.pinewoodhotel.co.uk | Videographer | BBV Wedding Video Productions | 07743 389 270 | www.bbvweddingvideo.co.uk/index.html | Bridal dress and bridesmaids’ dresses | Handmade by Diana Laker (Victoria’s mother) | Fabric for handmade wedding dress | Fabric Land | 0118 959 4951 www.fabricland.co.uk Hair and make-up | 07826 857 416 | www.kimcareyhair.co.uk | Groom’s suit | Young’s Hire | https://youngs-hire.co.uk DJ | Gary Tee at Teesound | 07949 793 855 | www.teesound.co.uk | F lowers | Handmade by Diana Laker (Victoria’s mother) with flowers ordered from Triangle Nursery | 01394 385 832 | www.trianglenursery.co.uk | Stationery | Encore! Graphics 07503 757 186 | www.encoregraphics.co.uk We have a family tradition where the bride’s mother makes the wedding dress so to get the idea of style and colour, we visited Wedding Frox in Cranleigh which I can’t recommend enough. They helped me to find a style that suited my figure so we then started sourcing the fabric - I love anything that sparkles so opted for iridescent sequins and lace. I teamed my dress with some yellow shoes featuring a small blue gem under the sole as my something blue, a veil made by my auntie and a glittery headpiece which I loved! “Our photographer, Graham, was fantastic from the moment we met him. He is such a talented photographer and understood the style of photography that we wanted.” – Victoria and Christian REAL WEDDINGS 43